The Solid Spirit
Abuse Survivor Site for Teens and Adults
Need to Get Away?
You may already be a runaway, or you might be considering running away. Whichever it is, we fully support your decision so long as you have a PLAN FOR ACTION.
This means that once you have gotten out of the house, you know exactly what to do, where to go, and how to find help and shelter for your SAFETY.
Develop your Plan for Action at The Solid Spirit forum, Plan for Action!
If you have runaway, or are planning to PLEASE CALL A HOTLINE!
Anyone of any age in North America can call 1-800-RUNAWAY or 1-800-799-SAFE for immediate counseling and shelter information.
We are not here to judge you or your situation, or to tell you whether or not you should consider running away. We are here to tell you how to find help, find safety, and what you need to know to do.
If you are in danger, ALWAYS do what is most important.... KEEP SAFE!
Need to talk now? Can't call a hotline?
Visit the 1-800-RUNAWAY forums and receive a reply from a counselor within the same day.
Or visit the Covenant House Nineline forums to talk to a Nineline counselor today! (Ages 21 & under)
Play the Runaway Game
THE RUNAWAY GAME is a hypertext novel you can read on your computer. You are the main character. In chapter one, you run away from home. At key moments throughout the story, you make tough survival decisions young people on the streets face every day: Will I eat out of a dumpster? Will I rob somebody? Am I willing to sell my body to eat?
At each turning point, you make a choice, click on it, and jump to a new chapter to see what happens next. Each decision brings a different experience, a new set of complications, and another decision a few pages away when the hunger pangs return. The choices you make determine how the story unfolds.
There are more than 20 possible endings.
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